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emerging writers from Palestine tell their stories and advocate for their human rights

Jessica Craig

    Jessica Craig’s career in publishing began more than 20 years ago in New York when, soon after graduating from Columbia (BA, 1994), she became an international literary scout. In 2007 she moved to London where she was a founding agent of United Agents. For seven years she managed translation rights for a wide range of authors, from established names to acclaimed debuts, and across genres in fiction and nonfiction.

    From 2012 to 2021 she was the first agent of Chigozie Obioma whose literary career she launched and established with The Fishermen (2015), followed by An Orchestra of Minorities (2019), as he became published by major publishers and in more than 25 languages worldwide, and as he became, at age 33, one of the only writers ever to be a Booker Prize finalist for both first and second novels.  In 2014 she moved to Spain, and in 2016 she founded her own international literary agency, Craig Literary, representing outstanding writers of fiction, nonfiction and children’s books.

    Current as of January 2024

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